BRIAN FLYNN last night revealed how Swansea City hotshot Lee Trundle wanted to be convinced of the club's ambition before agreeing to stay at the Vetch for two years, writes Ian Hunt.

BRIAN FLYNN last night revealed how Swansea City hotshot Lee Trundle wanted to be convinced of the club's ambition before agreeing to stay at the Vetch for two years, writes Ian Hunt.

Swans fans were given the news they were desperate to hear yesterday when it emerged Trundle is on the verge of committing himself to the club until 2005.

And Flynn insisted the striker, a phenomenal success since his summer move from Wrexham, was always expected to add an extra 12 months to his current one-year deal.

"It would have been preferable had Lee signed a two-year contract when he joined, but we planned for it to happen like this," said the Swans boss. "Having won promotion to Division Two (with Wrexham) and then moved to a new club back in Division Three, Lee wanted to make sure our ambitions matched his.

"It was a major decision for him, but we have proved over the past couple of months that the club's ambitions do match his."

The 27-year-old striker has had a major impact on Swansea's rise to the top of Division Three, smashing through the 10-goal barrier inside the first 10 games.

Trundle was absent for the first time at the weekend after picking up a knee injury at Leyton Orient on October 11 and is not expected to return until Saturday's trip to Rochdale at the earliest.

But Flynn hopes the Liverpudlian will have put pen to paper on the contract extension by then. "We're close to sorting something out," he said.